X (Twitter) Archives

From Tweets to Threat: When the State Creates Its Own Rivals”

The making of ‘equals’: Why fear elevates voices it seeks to silence — Like Harry vs Voldemort: When power ‘marks’ its own opponents” — Prisoners of Fear: How crackdowns turn activists into symbols By Arifa …

Two months on — Shehbaz government not willing to lift ban on X — fear of propaganda still exists

By Irum Saleem Popular social media platform X (formerly Twitter) is cognizant of the fact that the government of Pakistan has banned it for the last two months but still it says will continue to …

After complete shutdown of X, Internet services also see disruption in Pakistan…what’s happening here?

By Raza Ruman After complete shutdown of X (formerly Twitter), Internet services were briefly disrupted in most parts of Pakistan on Tuesday. Downdetector, which tracks outages by collating status reports from several sources including …

Government still not ready to lift ban on “X” — free speech on social media being curtailed in Pakistan?

By Irum Saleem “X, formerly known as Twitter, was blocked in Pakistan on Feb 17, 2024. It took more than a month and several petitions in high courts across the country for the Pakistan Telecommunication …

The Shehbaz government finally speaks truth on closure of X — says it has shut it down — what a shame

By Irum Saleem The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) on Wednesday finally spoke truth on closure of popular microblogging platform X (formerly Twitter). The PTA informed the Sindh High Court (SHC) that the ban on …

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